NYT Spelling Bee Hints and Answers for Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026: Hint Grid, Pangrams and Wednesday's Solution

Thursday’s Spelling Bee from The New York Times (NYT), for Oct. 29, 2026, puts R in the center with A, D, G, N, O and P around it. It has 53 words worth 227 points and two pangrams, with Genius at 159 points. The hint grid, the two-letter list and the pangram clues come first; the full word list waits in a spoiler section, with Wednesday’s solution below it.

How Spelling Bee works

You get seven letters in a honeycomb. Each word must be at least four letters long and must use the yellow center letter; letters can repeat. A four-letter word is worth 1 point and a longer word is worth one point per letter. A pangram uses all seven letters and earns 7 extra points. Genius sits at 70% of the day’s total, which is 159 of 227 points today.

How to use the hint grid

The grid counts the answers by first letter and by length. Start with a row that has many short words, find those, then move to the longer columns. The two-letter list does the same job with more precision: “GR-11” means 11 answers begin with G and R.

Thursday’s hint grid, Oct. 29, 2026

Center letter R; outer letters A, D, G, N, O, P. 53 words, 227 points, two pangrams.

Starts with	4 letters	5 letters	6 letters	7 letters	8 letters	9 letters	10 letters	Total
A	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	7
D	4	2	2	1	-	-	-	9
G	4	2	2	2	2	1	-	13
O	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	3
P	4	2	1	1	1	-	1	10
R	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	11
Total	21	17	6	4	3	1	1	53

Two-letter starts: AD-1, AG-2, AN-1, AP-1, AR-2, DA-1, DO-3, DR-5, GO-2, GR-11, OD-1, OR-2, PA-3, PO-3, PR-4, RA-6, RO-5.

Pangram hints

• First pangram (8 letters, starts with G)

  an informal word for a grandfather.
• Second pangram (10 letters, starts with P)

  information spread to promote a cause.

Look for repeats. A letter appears more than once in 29 of Thursday’s 53 answers.

More of Thursday’s games: Wordle hints, Connections hints and Pips hints. Track a Genius streak on our printable weekly calendar or the October 2026 calendar.

Thursday’s Spelling Bee answers, Oct. 29, 2026 (spoilers)

Stop here if you are still working on Thursday’s puzzle.

• Pangrams: Grandpop, Propaganda
• 4 letters: Agar, Darn, Door, Drag, Drop, Gorp, Grad, Gran, Grog, Odor, Poor, Porn, Prod, Prop, Raga, Rand, Rang, Road, Roan, Roar, Rood
• 5 letters: Adorn, Agora, Apron, Ardor, Argon, Donor, Droop, Grand, Groan, Orang, Organ, Porno, Prong, Radar, Radon, Rando, Rondo
• 6 letters: Angora, Dorado, Dragon, Gorgon, Grappa, Pardon
• 7 letters: Dragoon, Grandad, Grandpa, Paragon
• 8 letters: Granddad, Grandpop, Paradrop
• 9 letters: Grandpapa
• 10 letters: Propaganda

The 21 four-letter words give 21 points, the 32 longer words give 192, and the pangram bonus adds 14 (7 for each of the two pangrams), for 227.

Wednesday’s hint grid, Oct. 28, 2026

Center letter I; outer letters B, D, E, G, L, O. 71 words, 355 points, one pangram.

Starts with	4 letters	5 letters	6 letters	7 letters	8 letters	9 letters	Total
B	4	5	6	2	1	-	18
D	3	3	3	2	-	-	11
E	-	1	3	-	1	-	5
G	4	4	7	1	-	-	16
I	2	2	1	-	-	1	6
L	1	2	2	4	-	-	9
O	1	3	1	1	-	-	6
Total	15	20	23	10	2	1	71

Two-letter starts: BE-4, BI-8, BL-1, BO-5, DE-1, DI-6, DO-4, ED-2, EL-3, GE-2, GI-10, GL-3, GO-1, ID-3, IG-1, IL-1, IO-1, LE-1, LI-7, LO-1, OB-2, OI-1, OL-3.

Wednesday’s Spelling Bee answers, Oct. 28, 2026 (spoilers)

Stop here if you are still working on Wednesday’s puzzle.

• Pangram: Obliged
• 4 letters: Bide, Bile, Bill, Boil, Deli, Died, Dill, Gibe, Gild, Gill, Glib, Idle, Idol, Lied, Olio
• 5 letters: Beige, Belie, Bible, Bided, Bilge, Dildo, Diode, Dogie, Elide, Gelid, Geoid, Gibed, Glide, Idled, Igloo, Libel, Liege, Oiled, Oldie, Ollie
• 6 letters: Belied, Biggie, Billed, Bodied, Boiled, Boogie, Diddle, Doggie, Doobie, Eddied, Edible, Elided, Gigged, Giggle, Gigolo, Gilded, Gilled, Glided, Goodie, Iodide, Libido, Lidded, Oblige
• 7 letters: Bellied, Boogied, Diddled, Dollied, Giggled, Legible, Libeled, Libelee, Lobbied, Obliged
• 8 letters: Bloodied, Eligible
• 9 letters: Illegible

The 15 four-letter words give 15 points, the 56 longer words give 333, and the pangram bonus adds 7, for 355.